''No Outsiders' was a 28-month research project (end date: March 2009) based in primary schools and funded by The Economic and Social Research Council. The project was led by Elizabeth Atkinson and Renée DePalma at the University of Sunderland, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Exeter and the Institute of Education (University of London) and a team of research assistants.

During the course of the project, teachers from three areas of the UK developed strategies and resources to address lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality in their own primary education settings. The teachers have been awarded the 2008 British Educational Research Association/Sage Publishers award for practitioner research, and their work has been highly acclaimed by Local Authorities around the country.

No Outsiders has been included in The Human Rights Education in the School Systems of Europe, Central Asia and North America: A Compendium of Good Practice (see pp. 231-232), a joint publication of The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE/ODIHR), the Council of Europe, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

The project was supported by the National Union of Teachers, the General Teaching Council, Stonewall and Schools Out, and works closely with a wide range of organisations to create school environments and communities where no-one is marginalised because of their sexual orientation or gender expression.

While the project is now completed, this work continues in primary schools throughout the country.

For more information about the project, click on 'about the project' at the top of the page.

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